Privacy Policy

Dike & Son Privacy and Cookies: our Privacy Policy in full

1. Introduction & General Terms

Dike & Son is committed to protecting your and your family's personal information. This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information you provide to us via phone or text, by email, in letters or correspondence.

This Privacy Policy explains the following:

What information Dike & Son may collect about you;

How Dike & Son will use information we collect about you;

When Dike & Son may use your details to contact you;

Whether Dike & Son will disclose your details to anyone else;

Your choices regarding the personal information you provide to us;

The use of cookies on our website and how you can reject these cookies.

Dike & Son is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 1998 (these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "data protection laws").

Our website contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties (such as local community groups or our suppliers). These third party websites have their own privacy policies, and are also likely to use cookies, and we therefore urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit, which may also be collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

2. Who are we

Dike & Son is a family-run independent supermarket and deli based in Stalbridge, north Dorset.

3. What information will Dike & Son collect about me

When you participate in, access or sign up to any of Dike & Sons services, activities or online content, such as newsletters, competitions, online voting, or telephone or text Dike & Son we may receive personal information about you. This can consist of information such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone or mobile number or date of birth, depending on the activity.

By submitting your details, you enable Dike & Son (and where applicable its contractors) to provide you with the services, activities or online content you select.

Please note that sometimes we will require you to provide additional personal information (e.g. if you are sending in a photograph or recipe, or if you are entering a competition). When we do this we will provide further information as to why we are collecting your information and how we will use it.

Dike & Son also uses cookies (see section 12 below for details) and collects IP addresses (an IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet) from visitors to our website.

4. How will Dike & Son use the information it collects about me

Dike & Son will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:

to provide our services, activities or online content and to deal with your requests and enquiries;

for "service administration purposes", which means that Dike & Son may contact you for reasons related to the service, activity or online content you have signed up for, as set out in section 5 below (e.g. to provide you with password reminders or to notify you that a particular service, activity or online content has been suspended for maintenance);

To contact you about a submission you have made, including any content you provide;

To provide you with information about our services, activities or online content;

To use IP addresses to identify the location of users, to block disruptive use, or to establish the number of visits;

To analyse and improve the services offered on our website;

To provide you with the most user-friendly navigation experience. Dike & Son may also use and disclose information in aggregate (so that no individuals are identified) for marketing and strategic development purposes.

Where Dike & Son proposes using your personal information for any other uses we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for the use of your personal information for purposes other than those listed above.

5. When will Dike & Son contact me

Dike & Son may contact you:

In relation to any service, activity or online content you have signed up for in order to ensure that Dike & Son can deliver the services to you;

In relation to any correspondence we receive from you or any comment or complaint you make about our products or services;

In relation to any contribution you have submitted to Dike & Son, e.g. on Dike & Son message boards or via text or voicemail message;

To invite you to participate in surveys about Dike & Son services (participation is always voluntary).

6. Will I be contacted for marketing purposes

Dike & Son will only use your information for marketing purposes, or to promote new services, activities or online content where you have agreed to this.

7. Will Dike & Son share my personal information with anyone else

We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies) or as described in section 8 below. Generally, we will only use your information within Dike & Son. However, sometimes Dike & Son uses third parties (such as our web developers) to process your information on our behalf. Dike & Son requires these third parties to comply strictly with its instructions and Dike & Son requires that they do not use your personal information for their own business purposes, unless you have explicitly consented to the use of your personal information in this way.

8. Offensive or inappropriate content on our website

If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on our website, or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on any element of our online presence, Dike & Son may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.

Where Dike & Son reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any applicable laws (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), Dike & Son may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, school email/internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.

9. What if I am a user aged 18 or under

If you are aged 18 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission before you provide any personal information to Dike & Son. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

10. How long will Dike & Son keep my personal information

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity. If you unsubscribe your account is deleted. CHECK THIS

Where you contribute material to Dike & Son we will generally only keep your content for as long as is reasonably required for the purpose(s) for which it was submitted.

11. Can I find out what personal information Dike & Son holds about me

Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to request a copy of the personal information Dike & Son holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. (We require you to prove your identity with 2 pieces of approved identification). We will use reasonable efforts to supply, correct or delete personal information about you on our files.

Please address requests and questions about this or any other question about this Privacy Policy to Adam Vincent, Dike & Son Ltd, Ring Street, Stalbridge Dorset DT10 2NB (Email: adam@dikes-direct.co.uk).

12. Cookies Policy - Information Dike & Son collects from you

a. What is a cookie

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer, tablet or mobile phone (referred to here as a "device") browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other websites. Many websites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.

On our website, cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor our websites to your interests.

During the course of any visit to our website, the pages you see, along with a cookie, are downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.

b. How does Dike & Son use cookies

Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse the profile of our visitors and help us to provide you with a better user experience. For example, if on a previous visit you went to our Community Links page, we might find this out from your cookie and highlight community information on your second and subsequent visits. All third parties are strictly required not to use any information for their own business or other purposes.

c. Third Party Cookies in embedded content on Dike & Son pages

Please note that during your visits to our website you may notice some cookies that are not related to Dike & Son. If you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube or Flickr, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. Dike & Son does not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the third party websites for more information about these.

d. How to reject cookies

If you wish to control what cookies are set on your device through Dike & Son website then you can you can modify your browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have already been set.

If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.

It is important to note that if you change your settings and block certain cookies, this means that certain personalised features cannot then be provided and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the websites features.

14. Changes to our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to Dike & Son. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not continue to use our website to submit personal information to Dike & Son. If material changes are made to the Privacy Policy we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on the website.